Apartment Buildings

The new apartment buildings at Stora Arken in Handen are taking shape. Here is another update. The last time I showed you this was in July. Shot the panorama with the pancake lens and used panorama corrector as a finishing touch. The building to the far left was constructed in 2006. Since then a new neighbourhood has been established here, and the buildings to the far right are the last ones to be built. There are more houses behind the ones you see here. I have a flickr set with more photos in case you are interested.

New Apartments

Time for a building site update. Construction workers are working seven days a week on the new apartment buildings here at Stora Arken in Handen. I shot this with the new pancake lens. This is 19 photos stitched together with a bit of overlapping of course. Second photo shows how the panorama looked before I cropped it. The builders are working fast. You might remember that I showed you the crane setup in May. A few of the workers watched me shoot another panorama, and they looked rather amused. They were from Poland if I'm not mistaken.

Want a job with a view?

Are you afraid of heights? If so this is perhaps not a job for you. Crane Setup. Took them two days to finish the job. Not sure I would like to climb around up there, despite having no trouble with Acrophobia. Anyway, this is Stora Arken (The Big ark), in Handen. I showed you a few panoramic images from this construction site back in November of last years. Since then they have been busy rock blasting, and by the looks of it, it is now time to start the construction of the 222 new apartments that will be built here.

The Big Ark

Work have started on the next phase of construction at Stora Arken (The Big Ark), in central Handen. Ten years ago it was a forested area, now it is filled with apartment buildings and a few more will be built here over the next months. I stopped there yesterday and shot a number of panoramic views.

FS-Transport

A truck with modules to the prefab houses arrives to Stora Arken in Handen.



And here is one of the buildings that are being constructed here:

Sky Window

A window at a construction site in Handen. When it's finished it will be a six storey building. Click here to see the how the building looked just a couple of weeks ago. This is not a reflexion.

Soon to be glassed-in balcony

In this country we love balconies. Weather permitting we spend a lot of time and money on our balconies. If your apartment building doesn't have balconies chances are someone will suggest it and before you know it you are part of the balconist movement. Is that a word? This building at Stora Arken was finished more than a year ago. Now some of the people living here have decided to have a glassed-in balcony. Perfectly understandable if you ask me. Bigger photo.

The Big Ark (panorama)

Updated view from Stora Arken in Handen. Work has begun on the second phase here. Two new buildings with a total of 81 apartments will be built here. The new name will be Fyrspännaren.

Original size.

The Big Ark

An update from the building site in Handen. Reading from a web site: HSB will put up 77 apartments with many different designs and sizes, from one to five rooms. Four to six stories high.

A big crane

A building site in Handen called Stora Arken, or The Big Ark. This is twelve photos stitched. Came out perfect! Original size 2250*3000 pixels. Met a guy at the site, he used to live here many years ago. We talked about this place ( eight new houses like the one here) photography, he was still shooting film. Told him about flickr of course so he will probably see this cool shot!

The Big Ark

A construction site in Handen. Called Stora Arken or The Big Ark. I try to document the different building site in my municipality. If you want to see a few more photos of this construction site I have a flickr set with a couple of panorama photos.